Undergarment.



E. C. HEYN. UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED sPT.5,1s|a.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

(lll/qm.

mm f

/C 0 W M M @iff/ E. C. HEYN. UNDERGARMENT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5. 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

fM//A/O Cil/711! Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

A TTOHIVEVS E. C. H'EYN. UNDERGARMENT. APPLlcATloN FILED SEPT. s. 1913.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

S m w W a meedoet.

f @niet f l EDMUN-D c. vHEYN, or cAroNsvILLE, liie'rAmrnAivD, Assrenon To THE D. v. D. COMPANY, E NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONv or DELAWARE.

` Specification of Letters Patent. Y

UNDEEGENT.

raten-tea sept. sa, raie.

' Application ledvSeptember 5, 1913. Serial No. 788,228.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMUND C. Harn, a

` citizen of the United States, and a resident of Catonsville, Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Undergarments, of which the following is .e

' specification.

The invention relates more particularly to a garment popularly known as a union suit and has for its object the provision of a proper crotch construction.

Generally speaking the garment to which particular reference will be made in this specification is the widely known B. V. D. union suit made in accordance with the disclosure of the Walker Patent No. 852,306 of April 30, 1907. In union suits of that kind both the right and the left legs have always been made on identicallyl the same patterns with the result that in the various movements of the human body the two halves of the garment acted in an exactly similar manner. The garment constructed according to those principles does not conform to the requirements with respect to the, crotch construction. In other garments many attempts have been made to improve the crotch construction and in almost every case this has resulted in a device wherein the garment is closed in the crotch. I have found, however,d that very improved results will follow if'the garment is not closed at the crotch but if the garment is so constructed that while permitting ample lateral free` dom of motion with respect to the fabric situated in 'the c rotchl there shall be `atall times a portion ofthe fabric composing the` under-garment inter osed inthe crotch between the` person of t e wearer and his outer garments. In carrying out this idea I have discovered that a proper construction based upon these principles is such -a one in Pwhich it is apparently the outer layer of the under-garmentvand4 not theunder-layer inthe crotch region, which should be the prominent i* crotch over-lapping part. In order to carry out this idea I have found it expedient that the part which apparently is the underp crotch itself without interfering with the natural requirements of a union suit. y

The invention 1s illustrated 1n the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 illustrates a frontview of the garment; Fig. 2 a rear view thereof below the, waist line; Figs. 3, 4 and 5 illustrate the patterns preferably employed for right and left leg and the rear Hap respectively. Figs. 6 and 7 show' front and rear views of the garment with the leg lportions pulled apart to a slight extent. Fi 8 shows thefront of the garment with t e leg portions pulled far apart. Fig. 9 shows the rear portion of the garment with the flap pushed to one side.

In the drawings'A represents the right leg'and A. of. Fig. 3 the pattern for the right leg; B is the left leg and B of Fig. 4 is the pattern therefor. C, Fig. 3 and D, Fig. 4, are reinforced pieces sewed upon the patternpieces A. and B and occupying in the finished garment the position shown in Fig. 1. The edges of the patterns A and B marked respectively E, F and G, H are united to form the leg seams I and J. In

forming the pattern shown in Fig. 3 into the dition and is .permanently incorporated in the -garment by havingthe short edge of the cut crossed by transverse stitches L at that point of the garment where the lower end of the button carrying hem terminates. The button carrying hem is the lower Vor under-lapping part of the garment. In the neighborhood of the stitches L the garment is permanentlyv united by further transverse stitches L which unite the button-hole carrying hem with the button carrying hem. The edge M of the atterns A is united longitudinally with a` utton hole carrying hem at the 4front of the garment while the edge N of the pattern A forms the rear underlapping section of the garment. By cutting the pattern A as described and incorporataov oint O, which in the finished garment ment when worn. lAt this point of the right 'i leg as the result of this construction the right' leg is apparently cut away so that although forming the under-lapping portion of the fabric in the crotch region the fabric composing the right leg is kept remote from the crotch itself,

lll@

Referring now to the left leg pattern shown in Fig. l, it will be noticed that the waist line Q is a little wider than the corref sponding line of the pattern A. This is due to the fact that the facing at the top of the right leg can be eliminated in this structurel and for the purpose of throwing facing it from the waist to the seam J formed by uniting the edges G and H of the pattern B. The further portion S of the' rear flap R then crosses the seam J and it is sewed to the edge T of the pattern B. Theedge U of the rear flap R is incorporated into the permanent union formed by the seams L between the button carrying and button hole carrying hems which form the frontof the garment. V is the button-hole which cooperates with the button IV to close the rear flap. A l

In a construction formed as described it will be seen that when the garment is worn and quite irrespective of how the garment is manipulated for any purpose whatever. the over-lapping part of the rear flap R will at all times be the fabric interposed between the wearer and his outer garments in the crotch While the lower or under-lapping part is out of the way. It will be noticed that the two legs of the garment are constructed on entirely diferent lines. The patterns although apparently similar differ from each other in every part. Even the lines E, F and G, H are not alike, the line G being longer than the line F but shorter Its edge S is at. tached along the line of the pattern B" longer than F and slightly shorter than the yline H. These dimensions all cooperate in the production of the garment according to the principle above laid down. the curvature of the various lines E and F, (ir and H being also relied upon to produce the finished garment to the proper crotch construction of the character above described. The button I and its coperating button hole may be omitted if desired.

That I claim is:

A union suit comprising an upper' body portion having a front opening from the neck to the crotch, leg sections the upper parts of which form a continuation of the body of the garment, said leg sections being permanently united to one another solely at the lower portion of the front opening of the garment, and a rear flap permanently carried by one of said leg sect-ions extending from the rear waist line to the aforesaid lower part of the front opening, said flap being of such size and shape as to not only completely cover the crotchbut also to extend downwardly so as to cover the inside upper portion ofthe opposed leg of the wearer. the inside upper portion of the opposed leg section being distant from the crotch to an extent just sufficient to permit the free edge of said distant portion to be covered by the free edge of the flap. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two, subscribing witnesses.

EDMUN-D C. HEYN. fitnesses JOHN A. KEHLENBECK,

M. H. LooKwooD. 

